Suspension arrangement for motor vehicles
AssigneeVolkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHans J. Kolbel, Harald Andres
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension, wherein the wheels are mounted to bending and torsion resistant longitudinal control arms, is provided with a cross-strut with a U-shaped or V-shaped cross-section mounted between the control arms and gusset plates for strengthening the connection between the cross-strut and the control arms. A transverse corrugation is provided on the cross-strut in the vicinity of the end of the gusset plate, for strengthening the cross-strut in the vicinity of its largest discontinuity in rigidity and thereby increasing its overall strength.
Claims2
In a vehicle suspension having wheels mounted to bending and torsion-resistant longitudinal control arms and a bending resistant, but torsion yielding cross-strut with a generally U-shaped cross section mounted between said control arms, and gusset plates between said cross-strut and said control arms, the improvement wherein there is provided a transverse corrugation on said cross-strut in the vicinity of the end of said gusset plate to influence the stress gradient of said cross-strut in said vicinity, which is the point of largest discontinuity in rigidity of said cross-strut, so that said cross-strut is strengthened overall.
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